Tasmanian devils in their prime are most likely to become infected with deadly facial tumour disease (DFTD), our research shows. The findings, published today in Ecology Letters, contradict ...

Evolution of two contagious cancers affecting Tasmanian devils underlines unpredictability of disease threat. Scientists have traced the family trees of two transmissible cancers that affect Tasmanian ...

When the sun sets in Tasmania, a creature with fur as dark as the night emerges from its den to begin its search for food, scavenging for carrion and hunting small mammals and birds. To many, it’s ...